Trump on white supremacy

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Will Donald Trump directly disavow white supremacist groups?  He didn’t during the debate. And it isn’t the first time he dodges the issue...

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00:00Are you willing, tonight, to condemn white supremacists and militia groups and to say

00:06that they need to stand down and not add to the violence in a number of these cities as

00:11we saw in Kenosha and as we've seen in Portland?

00:14Are you prepared to specifically do it?

00:17I would say almost everything I see is from the left wing.

00:21You want to call them?

00:22What do you want to call them?

00:23Give me a name.

00:24Give me a name.

00:25Go ahead.

00:26Who would you like me to condemn?

00:27Proud Boys.

00:28Proud Boys.

00:29Go back and stand by.

00:31But I'll tell you what.

00:32I'll tell you what.

00:33Somebody's got to do something about Antifa and the left.

00:38But we're closely following the terrible events unfolding in Charlottesville, Virginia.

00:44We condemn in the strongest possible terms this egregious display of hatred, bigotry

00:52and violence on many sides.

00:54On many sides.

00:56Racism is evil.

00:58And those who cause violence in its name are criminals and thugs, including the KKK,

01:04neo-Nazis, white supremacists and other hate groups that are repugnant to everything we

01:12hold dear as Americans.

01:14They showed up in Charlottesville to protest and you had some very bad people in that group.

01:24But you also had people that were very fine people on both sides.

01:29They were having a hard time with that one because I said everything.

01:33I hit him with neo-Nazi.

01:35I hit him with everything.

01:37I got the white supremacists, the neo-Nazi.

01:40I got them all in there.

01:41Let's say the KKK.

01:44We have KKK.

01:45I got them all.

01:46So they're having a hard time.

01:47So what did they say?

01:49Right.

01:50It should have been sooner.

01:52He's a racist.

01:58Oh, I've answered that question.

02:00And if you look at what I said, you will see that that question was answered perfectly.

02:06And I was talking about people that went because they felt very strongly about the monument

02:12to Robert E. Lee, a great general, whether you like it or not, he was one of the great

02:16generals.

02:17We see today white nationalism as a rising threat around the world.

02:22I don't really.

02:23I think it's a small group of people that have very, very serious problems.

02:27I guess if you look at what happened in New Zealand, perhaps that's a case.

02:31I don't know enough about it yet.

02:33They're just learning about the person and the people involved.

02:37But it's certainly a terrible thing.

02:39Terrible thing.

02:40On the campaign trail, you called yourself a nationalist.

02:42Some people saw that as emboldening white nationalists.

02:45Now people are also saying that the president...

02:46I don't know why you'd say that.

02:47It's such a racist question.

02:48Some people that say that now the Republican Party is seen as supporting white nationalists

02:52because of your rhetoric.

02:53I don't believe that.

02:54What do you make of that?

02:55I don't believe it.

02:56I just, well, I don't know.

02:57Why do I have my highest poll numbers ever with African-Americans?

02:59Why do I have among the highest poll numbers with African-Americans?

03:02I mean, why do I have my highest poll numbers?

03:06That's such a racist question.

03:07Honestly.

03:08I mean, I know you have it written down and you're going to tell me.

03:11Let me tell you.

03:12It's a racist question.

03:13Mr. President, the world is concerned about the rise of white supremacy.

03:16What do you want to do about it?

03:19I am concerned about the rise of any group of hate.

03:23I don't like it.

03:24Any group of hate.

03:25I am, whether it's white supremacy, whether it's any other kind of supremacy, whether

03:31it's Antifa, whether it's any group of hate, I am very concerned about it and I'll do something

03:38about it.

03:39We have to work together to confront bigotry and prejudice wherever they appear.

03:45But we'll make no progress and heal no wounds by falsely labeling tens of millions of decent

03:50Americans as racist or bigots.

03:53We have to get everybody together.

03:56You believe systemic racism is a problem in this country?

03:59Well, you know, you just keep getting back to the opposite subject.

04:03We should talk about the kind of violence that we've seen in Portland and here and other

04:09places.

04:10It's tremendous violence.

04:11You always get to the other side.

04:12Well, what do you think about this or that?

04:13The fact is that we've seen tremendous violence and we will put it out very, very quickly

04:19if given the chance.

04:20And that's what this is all about.

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